Please join the Southern California Regional Energy Network (SoCalREN)'s  Regional Workforce Alliance Meeting on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm at the Fletcher Jones Auditorium, Woodbury University in Burbank, CA with a tour of its Solar Futures House to follow.

 
The SoCalREN Regional Workforce Alliance brings together industry, local government, community based organizations, training, and education stakeholders to collaborate, network, share tools and resources, and take meaningful action that will advance our region’s workforce ecosystem. The purpose is to gain and provide insight on programs, policies, opportunities, gaps and challenges facing workforce development initiatives in southern California. 

Theme: SoCal's Talent Pipeline: Converting Entertainment Skill Sets into Energy Sector Opportunities

11:45 am Welcome: Minh Le, Director, Internal Services Department, LA County

11:50 am Keynote Speaker: CA Assembly Member Nick Schultz (D-District 44) 

12:00 pm Panel: 

• Kent Hayward, California State University Long Beach, and a co-founder of the Green Film School Alliance
• DeJon Ellis Jr, Business Manager, IATSE Local 80
• Adam Ereth, Ereth Environmental and co-founder of SPEC
• Justin Broederdorf, Vice President, Facilities & Backlot Operations at Sony Pictures Entertainment.

2:00pm Optional Tour:  Woodbury University's Solar Future House

Time: Wednesday, December 17, 2025, 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM

Location: Fletcher Jones Foundation Auditorium, Woodbury University, 7500 N Glenoaks Blvd, Burbank, CA 91504 or Online via Zoom

Parking: Free parking in lots P2 and P3. Download parking map.

Contact: melanie@usgbc-ca.org or (949) 413-9084 
 

Transferable skills from the entertainment sector

Energy efficiency career pathways

Energy efficiency skills and training

Woodbury University is founded in 1884 with initial campuses in Downtown and Central Los Angeles, one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Southern California. The university consists of four schools: the School of Business, the School of Architecture, the School of Liberal Arts, and the School of Media Culture & Design. It has been a subsidiary of University of Redlands since 2024.

In partnership with Emergent, a group of architecture students built Los Angeles’ first fully 3D-printed net-zero energy house. Also, the walls of the 40-square-meter house were constructed in just 15 hours with the use of COBOD International’s BOD2 construction 3D printer.